Description
With access to both prospective and retrospective tissue collection, our bank of colorectal cancer tissue specimens offers immediate shipment of standard collections or the ability to collect specimens using research-based custom protocols. With available board certified pathology confirmation of disease and determination of percent tumor, necrosis, and inflammation, you have the guarantee of working with exactly the specimens your research requires. Standard and custom clinical data collection and confirmation ensures proper corresponding staging, treatment and outcome data. Included Diagnoses Adenocarcinoma (including all subtypes) and Squamous Cell Carcinoma (including all subtypes), Neuroendocrine tumors of the colon, rectum and anus, Carcinoma of the colon, rectum and anus Standard Biorepository Collections Our readily available FFPE and Fresh Frozen samples are provided with clinical data that has been collected following a strict and standardized clinical data process. All specimens are reviewed for IRB approval and are assessed by our board certified pathologists to confirm diagnosis and quality. Some donors are available with associated blood-based biofluids. BioIVT offers FFPE and frozen tumor specimens of which we test for mutations relevant to cancer research. The tested specimens include colorectal tumors tested for BRAF and KRAS mutations. For diagnostic and early phase researchers, we now offer BioIVT's ASTERAND Accredited Human Tissue. Same board-certified pathology review, same quality inspection with a limited data set